Within a blink, we are in October celebrating Black History Month. This year's theme is very exciting where we are saluting our sisters who have left a positive legacy or are currently breaking glass ceilings and building one. Power comes with responsibility and in the words of the great Coretta Scott-King, "It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive chnage you are indeed part of the problem."
Kaleidoscope
SACCO’s fledgling Kaleidoscope grew out of Sutton’s Black History Group quarterly magazine.
It showcases members’ writing talent on topics such as South Africa, the economic relationship between Africa and China, Nigeria, Prince Klaas, Ballet Black, Stephen Lawrence, LGBT & masculinity, Walter Tull, Sara Forbes Bonetta, Barack Obama, Naomi Osaka, and modern Jamaica. As sports fans, particularly of our local team the ‘giant killers’ Sutton United, we also regularly include features on black talent in football, cricket and tennis, while our Travels with SACCO articles will take you off to Spain, Jamaica, and Holland.
We are always interested in including memoirs of the migrant experience to Britain from both the Caribbean and Africa, so if you have a life story to tell please do contact us. You are also welcome to contact us if you would like to become a volunteer writer.
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Welcome to our Summer Edition of Kaleidoscope!
For this special Windrush 75 Edition, we feature interviews with local volunteers and personalities such as Founder and Author Tony Fairweather, Artist Hew Locke and our very own Ann Beach.
We survived the heatwave and drought with most gardens, parks and countryside, instead of lush green, sporting swathes of brown until the rain fell again.
You know Summer is over when the Notting Hill carnival is finished, children and young people return to school, and we start looking forward again to Balck History Month.
Welcome to the Christmas edition of Kaleidoscope. As 2021 draws to a close, most of us will be reflecting on our setbacks and achievements this year. Lockdown was not easy for any of us, least of all for those who lost loved ones. It has been an era of tragedy, but also one where the community has shown innovation, adaptation, resilience and kindness, whether it was helping a neighbour, planning projects to help the community or learning a new skill - things we should be proud of.
Welcome to the Black History Month 2021 edition of Kaleidoscope. Here at SACCO, our Community Leads Veronica and Ann were busy organizing BHM events reflecting the range of cultural and historical contributions made by African, Caribbean and Black British people. Our colleague Mic Lord’s play Dorothee, exploring the lives of Africans in Sutton in the 1700s, debuted at the Cryerarts Theatre on Saturday 23rd October, whilst Africa's Kings & Queens provided youngsters aged 4-9 with the opportunity to explore African dress and Djembe music. We were delighted to welcome author Dorothy Koomson, who read for us from her latest novel. All members of the community are always welcome at our events – visit our home page to keep up to date with further events, or sign up for our family events notifications.
